Our Dinners for February

For some reason I got it in my head to keep track of our 
dinners each month. This has actually proved to be helpful to 
me as I can go back for ideas that I may have otherwise 
forgotten. 

Not sure anyone will read this but me, but that's okay.  :)

(But if you decide to keep track of your own dinners, I would 
sure love to see your list!)

Feb 1: (appetizer: carrot sticks), Salmon croquettes, kobacha squash with butter and brown sugar, 
asparagus, baked yukons, grapefruit

Feb 2: leftover turkey/veg soup, toast, and grapefruit for Dennis. I had a frozen GF chicken pot 
pie, and a red pepper, carrot, some kidney beans and 5 pecans (somedays just gotta eat what 
sounds good)

Feb 3: Cafe Rio…this time I not only told them to skip the rice but asked for 2 scoops of the 
pinto beans and it was great.

Feb 4: Crockpot Apricot Chicken, Brown Rice, broccoli, Crockpot Acorn Squash

Feb 5: It was neighborhood book club at our house tonight…so all 8 ladies brought a dish to 
share. Chili, and lots of salads, and quiche, and brownies, and Valentine candy. Stacey, Beth, 
Danielle, Cindy, Lora, Kathleen, Vicki, and me. Den fixed himself a plate from our buffet…I was so 
impressed. 

Feb 6: Den ate same dinner i made for another family: Baked Teriyaki Chicken, pilaf, corn, salad, 
and choc chip cookies. (After he packed up and delivered theirs) 
I had lentil soup (that I had saved in the freezer) and some Trader Joe’s Cauliflower. 
Just have to share Den's great packing abilities:

Feb 7: honey roasted red potatoes, turkey burgers, broccoli, acorn squash in crockpot, salad 
leftover from last night, grapefruit…By the way, LOVED those potatoes!!

Feb 8:  Loaded Baked White Sweet Potatoes….I made up this recipe last month, but thanks to 
keeping track, I could remember it plus I could go back and find it. So white sweet potatoes with 
black beans, guac, cooked peas, sautéed mushrooms and red onions, ground turkey meat. 
Sautéed arugula on the side, Grapefruit.

Feb 9: GF fish sticks (I have literally not had these in YEARS, probably decades.) GF Tator Tots, 
bacon strips, peas, cauliflower, Red pepper slices, grapefruit (An odd combo of food but it’s just 
what I felt like eating and Den is always up to anything.)

Verdict on the dinner: Fish Sticks are history forever. Never again. Good thing I had bacon on our
plate. Every once in a while I put bacon on Den’s plate because it makes him so happy. But
tonight, I actually ate a piece myself.

Feb 10: at Denny’s I had that hot plate of salmon, potatoes, broccoli, and mushrooms. Why is it
that Denny’s salmon is wild, but all the other more expensive restaurants only have the farmed
raised salmon? Den had his usual breakfast.

Feb 11: DINNER: Campfire Chicken Foil Packets, AND Lori’s Campfire Potatoes
(don’t put the potatoes in the Chicken Foil Packets if you are going to make the delicious Lori's
Campfire Potatoes. Instead put 3 sliced carrots in instead…not chunks but slices)

Everything cooked in foil on a baking sheet. Done in 45 minutes. (marinated everything earlier in
the day) As the day went on this did not sound good to me. But I went ahead and baked it
anyway. Loved it. Great flavor between the thyme, olive oil, lemon juice and vegetables and
chicken. I hope I don’t forget about this one because it really is an easy to put together earlier in
the day and bake just before dinner time. 

I halved both recipes above. But used a bit more olive oil than 1/2. I thought it would taste
lemony and I wasn’t in the mood for lemon tonight, but it didn’t. 

Feb 12: DINNER: Baked Teriyaki Chicken and pilaf (it makes alot, so we gave 1/2 the chicken and
pilaf to another family), brown rice, broccolini, red and yellow fresh peppers, apple slices

Feb 13: salmon burger, asparagus, white sweet potatoes, green salad with carrots and red
peppers

Feb 14:  Minestrone soup I made that wasn’t all that great. Kind of sad since it was Valentine’s
Day. But the movie we watched at home tonight well made up for it. I can’t remember when we
both loved a movie as much as this one. It was from 2016 called LION. I kept passing the kleenex
to Dennis. He loved it as much as I did. 

Feb 15: Taco Salad (ground turkey, guac, olives, tortilla chips , cheese, salad, cabbage, red
onions) grapefruit

Feb 16: DINNER: Denny’s with 2 little people.

I had the salmon-potato, mushroom, tomato-spinach-broccoli dinner
Den had breakfast, as always.

Feb 17:   turkey burgers, honey roasted potatoes (see Feb 7th), sautéed arugula, kobacha 
squash, grapefruit….I don’t know if I was just overly hungry or what, but this dinner was excellent. 
Den loved it too. Right smack in the middle of it we found out we were missing Violet’s 7 year old 
birthday party! We thought it was TOMORROW night, since that is her actual birthday. So we 
hurried and got dressed, wrapped her doll stroller up, and flew out the door. We made it ½ hour 
late. Everyone was so forgiving. When we got back 90 minutes later we finished our dinner.

Feb 18:  crockpot apricot chicken, brown rice, zucchini swirls, leftover kobacha squash, grapefruit

Feb 19:  Cafe Rio….As we were going through the line the girl rings me up then looks at Dennis 
and says, “Vegan right?” And he said no, not anymore. Then I said, “I can’t believe you 
remembered he was vegan last summer.” So I go get us a table while Den asks her, “So tell me, 
how did you remember that?” And she said, “You remember the ones who are really nice to 
you.” I was happy someone thinks we are nice…even the cute little checker girl at Cafe Rio.

Feb 20  Boy Scout dinner baked in oven (turkey burger, carrots, yukons, japanese white potatoes, 
red peppers, purple cabbage…green salad

Feb 21  Crockpot Salsa verde chicken over brown rice, corn, grapefruit

Feb 22:  cod, white sweet potato, peas, green salad with romaine, parsley, carrots, purple 
cabbage, celery. Grapefruit

Feb 23: Turkey soup: ground turkey, fresh parsley, broccoli, yellow pepper, red pepper, red 
onion, 2 carrots, celery,. Then we topped it with brown rice and sautéed mushrooms.

Feb 24: I had leftover turkey/vegetable soup from last night. But the 3 grand girls plus Dennis 
had Trader Joes mini tacos, corn and fresh cut up apples. Chocolate chip cookies for dessert. The 
dinner made them all happy so I guess it was okay :) Cami also had a banana and an extra apple 
plus the tacos and corn and THREE choc chip cookies and she was asking for more! She was extra 
hungry!

Feb 25:  Big Taco salad (ground turkey, dark lettuce, kidney beans, carrots, purple cabbage,
tortilla chips, olive oil, dairy less ranch…ate half of it before going home teaching with Dennis,
and the rest afterwards. 

Feb 26: out to Sequoia Sandwich…I thought it would be easier to just go out tonight since we
were gone alot today. But right before we were to leave I got SO hungry that I ate some yogurt,
pecans, a smoothie, steamed cauliflower and broccoli dipped in hummus, and then half a can of
green beans. Den kept laughing at all I was eating but I couldn’t help it. When hunger hits me it
hits hard. So I hardly touched the salad and potato I ordered. (I served it to Dennis the next day
for lunch.) He had a bowl of chili at Sequoia. He’s so simple and easy. And I’m so not.

Feb 27: Easy Baked Chicken, Brown Rice, Butternut Squash, Broccoli, orange cauliflower,
grapefruit

Feb 28: salmon croquettes, asparagus, leftover butternut squash, Japanese sweet potatoes

Dinner Out this month: 5 times

For a few days I actually kept track of everything I ate all day long, 
but that was crazy. I eat way too much and way too often to write 
all that down. 

We are already eating our way through March.